Multi Cultural Resource Directory for Central MA
Latino Resources
Target Populations
Description
Language
Centro Las Americas
11 Sycamore Street
Worcester, MA 01608
T: 508-798-1900
Email:
info@centrolasamericas.org
Web:
www.centrolasamericas.org
Latino and neighboring
community in Worcester
Community-based, non-profit
organization providing community
services, emergency food and
clothing (food bank), referrals,
advocacy, translations, notary
public, immigration services, meal
site for Latino elders (Club 60),
economic development programs,
art classes, Spanish and English
classes, drop out prevention
program and a mentor and a job
coordinator program. Has a Family
Center, which includes case
management and a family skills
building program. Provides
outreach to customers with
developmental disabilities
The Latino Partial Hospitalization
Programs at Arbour Hospital and
Arbour Counseling Services Lawrence offer intensive, short-term
treatment for Latino adults with
psychiatric or dual diagnosis
disorders. Psychotherapy and
psychoeducation groups are all
conducted in Spanish, and the
program is staffed by bilingual and
bicultural clinicians who can
address cultural and societal issues
within the context of treatment.
English, Spanish, and
Portuguese
Description
Language
The Southeast Asian Health
Program is a community based,
health promotion, disease
prevention program. The program’s
health educators conduct outreach
and provide health education
services at homes, Worcester
housing projects, ESL classes,
schools, and other places. Smoking
cessation counseling, Hepatitis B
screening, diabetes screening,
mammography pap testing, and in
home radon testing are available
through this program.
English, Vietnamese, and
Cambodian
Latino Services
Arbour Counseling
Services
255 Park Avenue Suite 803
Worcester, MA 01609
(508) 799-0688
Meets mental health
needs of community
with specific services
for Latino groups
Asian Resources
Target Populations
Family Health Center of
Worcester, Inc.’s
Southeast Asian Health
Program
26 Queen Street
Worcester, MA 01610
T: 508-860-7930
Web:
www.fhcw.org/seap.htm
Members of the
Southeast Asian
community in Worcester,
Massachusetts and
surrounding towns
English and Spanish
GBLT Resources
Safe Homes
Laura Farnsworth,
Program Manager
Safe Homes /The Bridge
4 Mann Street,
Worcester, MA 01602
phone 508.366.4305 . fax
508.836.5560
Target Populations
Severing teens and
young adults with
GBLT needs
Description
Language
Safe Homes is a program for
gay, lesbian, bisexual,
transgender, and questioning
young people between the ages
of 14 and 23. Led by youth and
professional staff, as well as
volunteer adult advisors, we
offer support and resources in a
safe and nurturing environment.
.
English
www.safehomesma.org
English / Spanish
Health Awareness
Services
405 Grove Street
Worcester, MA 016051270
(508) 756-7123 • (508)
756-8922 Fax
Latino Men, over 18yo Offers support groups for latino
men who have sex with men.
This includes meetings and
social activities. Meets Mondays
7pm at Health Awareness
Services. Please call ahead.
Deaf/ Hearing Impaired Resources
Center for Living and Working, Inc:
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
484 Main Street
Denholm Building, Suite 340
Worcester, MA 01608
T: 508-755-1003
Email: centerlw@centerlw.org
Web: www.centerlw.org
Worcester Evening Free Medical
Service Program (WEFMSP) –
Wesley United Methodist Church
114 Main St. (near Courthouse)
Worcester, MA 01608
Telephone: 508-799-4191
Target population
Description
Deaf and Hard of
Hearing
Provides deaf and hard of hearing
independent living services
including independent living skills
training, advocacy, peer counseling,
crisis intervention, community
education, public education,
information, and referral
The clinic at Wesley United
Methodist Church offers free eye
exams and hearing evaluations, and
free or low-cost eyeglasses and
hearing aids. Comprehensive eye
exams are offered on the 2nd and
4th Mondays of each month from 6
PM to 8 PM. This is a walk-in clinic,
first-come, first-served. You do not
need an appointment. Ear exams
are offered on the 4th Monday of
each month. Hours are 6 PM to 8
PM, first-come, first-served.
Uninsured /
Underinsured
Language
American Sign
Language / English
Immigrant/Refugee Resources
Target Population
Description
Catholic Charities of
Worcester
10 Hammond Street
Worcester, MA 01610
T: 508-798-0191
Web: www.ccworc.org
People from Southeast
Asian, European, and
Middle Eastern countries
A multi-service agency serving
refugees and immigrants. Services
include: resettling refugees and
immigrants, cultural orientation,
MRRP case management,
assistance for processing of INS
change status documents,
assistance through a variety of
human services to refugees and
immigrants, history for legalized
immigrants, and referrals.
Lutheran Social Services of
New England
Refugee and Immigrant
Services
30 Harvard Street
Worcester, MA 01609 Phone:
508-754-1121
Fax: 508-754-1393
http://www.lssne.org/
New immigrants/
refugees
Provides a number of social
programs including programs
focused on supporting recent
immigrants such as resettlement
and support services to help
refugees and other immigrants
become self-sufficient and
productive citizens of the United
States.
Refugee and Immigrant
Assistance Center (RIAC)
340 Main Street, Suite #965
Worcester, MA 01608
Map of this location
Phone: 508-756-7557
Fax: 508-756-7708
www.riac.us
New immigrants/
refugees
Helps Somali women
and children and
other immigrants by
providing
resettlement and
support services.
General Resources
Henry Lee Willis Community
Center
119 Forest Street
Worcester, MA 01609
T: 508-799-0702
Web: www.williscenter.org
Target Population
Description
People of color and
those who are
disadvantaged
The Willis Center is a multicultural
social service agency that provides
social and human services in an
accessible and culturally sensitive
manner. Provides programs in
substance recovery, specialized
foster care, adolescent residential
care, emergency assistance,
homeless shelters, communitybased DMR services, and cultural
arts and education. The Willis Center
created a community where people
of color and the disadvantaged can
gain equal access to human and
social services that improve the
quality of their lives.
Languages
English,
Vietnamese, and
French
Languages
English and
Spanish
Friendly House, Inc.
36 Wall Street
Worcester, MA 01604
T: 508-755-4362
Email: friendlyhouse@charter.net
Web: www.friendlyhousema.org
Serving the residents
and families of
Worcester
Children’s Friend, Inc.
20 Cedar Street
Worcester, MA 01609
T: 508-753-5425
Email: info@childrensfriend.org
Web: www.childrensfriend.org
The general
population of
Worcester County
Community Healthlink, Inc.’s Youth
and Family Services
275 Belmont Street
Worcester, MA 01604
T: 508-791-3261
Email: info@communityhealthlink.org
Web: www.communityhealthlink.org
Children, adolescents,
and families of Central
Massachusetts
Webster Community Partnership
for Children
Danielle Morrow
3 &4 yo minority /
underserved children
Coordinator
670 Main St.
No. Oxford, MA 01537
Phone: (508) 987-0829 x19
Fax: (508) 987-7092
www.wcac.net/yf_wcpc.html
Provides an after school program, art
and recreation programs, summer
camping programs, senior services,
basic needs services, a continuum of
shelter services, community
organizing efforts, and a host of
information and referral service
Child and family counseling center
providing therapy (individual, family,
group), psychopharmacology,
psychological testing. Programs
include: School Aged Mother’s
Program, Adoption and Family
Services, and the Carriage House—
Center for Grieving Children.
Provides diagnostic evaluation and
treatment including family therapy,
individual psychotherapy, sibling
therapy, parenting, crisis
intervention, and
psychopharmacology; family support
services including advocacy,
interpreting, transportation, mother
support groups, father support
groups, youth groups, and short inhome respite; Outreach including
community outreach and crisis/after
crisis out reach services; community
mental health education.
# Increase the affordability and
accessibility of programs for 3 and 4
year old children of diverse cultural,
linguistic, and economic
backgrounds through the use of a
sliding fee scale.
# Enhance collaboration among
families, community programs,
business and other organizations
concerned with children and families
to develop a system of early care
and education, reduce duplication of
services and promote equitable
services.
# Provide comprehensive early
childhood programs and services for
3 and 4 year old children of working
families.
# Provide early childhood programs
and services that are high quality.
# Conduct community outreach to
ensure that children of families who
may be difficult to reach by
traditional methods, are offered
opportunities to participate in a
English, Spanish,
Albanian, and
German
English and
Spanish
English and
Spanish
program that meets their needs.
Translation/Language Services
Target Population
Description
Central Mass. Area Health
Education Center
35 Harvard Street, Suite 300
Worcester, MA 01209
T: 508-756-6676
Web: http://cmahec.org/
Those individuals who
may need translation
and interpreter
services
Provides interpreter and translation
services to break the communication
barrier between providers and
patients
Target Population
Description
Languages
All linguistic and
cultural groups.
Anyone in need of
services
Community health center providing
the following: primary medical care;
urgent care; mental health services;
dental; social services; laboratory
services; pharmacy services;
optometry; nutrition; mammography;
ultrasound, family planning; HIV,
STD, Hepatitis counseling and
testing; specialty care including
urology, pulmonology, dermatology,
obstetrics/gynecology, infectious
disease, cardiology, ophthalmology,
podiatry, suboxone treatment;
childbirth classes; breastfeeding
support; chronic disease program;
stress management program; school
based health centers; healthy
families home visiting program for
pregnant and parenting teens; youth
programs (HIV, substance abuse,
and pregnancy prevention
The Akwaaba Free Medical Clinic at
The International Central Gospel
Albanian, Arabic,
Asante-Twi,
Bambara, Chinese,
Davaweno,
English, Farsi,
French, Ga,
German, Hindi,
Hmong, Italian,
Korean, Lithuanian,
Polish, Portuguese,
Somali, Spanish,
Swahili, Tagalog,
Twi, Urdu, Visayan,
Vietnamese
Free clinics & Community Health
Centers
Great Brook Valley Health Center,
Inc.
19 Tacoma Street
Worcester, MA 01605
T: 508-852-1805
Web: www.gbvhac.org
Akwaaba Free Medical Clinic
International Central Gospel
West African
Languages
.
Provides
interpreters for the
following
languages:
Albanian, Arabic,
Bosnian, Chinese,
Greek, Hmong,
Italian,
Karen,Khmer,
Polish, Portuguese
(European),
Portuguese
(Brazilian),
Russian, Spanish,
Twi, and
Vietnamese.
Provides services
in additional
languages upon
request.
Ghanaian and
Church
52 Harlem Street
Worcester, MA 01610
Health Awareness Services of
Central Mass., Inc.
405 Grove Street
Worcester, MA 01605
Family Planning:
508-753-0800 or
1-800-637-5466
HIV Testing:
508-753-0800 or
1-800-637-5466
HIV Case Management: 1-888-4427448
St. Anne's Church
130 Boston Turnpike (Rte. 9)
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Telephone
(508) 757-5154
Fax:
(508) 797-9520
Email: starec@aol.com
Worcester Evening Free Medical
Service Program (WEFMSP) –
General Medical Care
Epworth United Methodist Church
64 Salisbury St.
Worcester, MA 01609
Telephone:
508-752-2376
Worcester Evening Free Medical
Service Program (WEFMSP) –
Wesley United Methodist Church
114 Main St. (near Courthouse)
Worcester, MA 01608
Telephone: 508-799-4191
At risk youths &
adults. Uninsured/
Underinsured people
within Worcester
Uninsured/
Underinsured adults &
children in Shrewsbury
area
Uninsured/
Underinsured Adults
and Children
Uninsured/
Underinsured patients
in need of eye or ear
exams
Church in Worcester offers free
medical care to all. The clinic is a
project of the Akwaaba Health
Initiative, and is staffed by volunteer
doctors, nurses, and medical
students from the UMass Medical
School. One of the main goals of the
clinic is to improve access to health
care for Worcester's African
immigrants and residents of the
Vernon Hill neighborhood. Clinics
are from 6-8pm. You do not need an
appointment
Health Awareness Services is a nonprofit health care organization with
family planning clinics and HIV
counseling and testing sites in
Worcester and other central
Massachusetts locations. HIV/AIDS
services, and all services for youth
age 17 or younger are free. Charges
for other services are based on a
sliding fee scale.
This program provides medical
services free of charge for children
and adults with no insurance or very
little insurance. It serves Shrewsbury
and surrounding towns, including
Worcester. Clinic hours are
Tuesdays from 6 PM to 8 PM. You
do not need an appointment.
The clinic at Epworth United
Methodist Church offers free general
medical care. Hours are Mondays, 6
PM to 8 PM. This is a walk-in clinic.
You do not need an appointment.
The clinic is closed on major
holidays.
The clinic at Wesley United
Methodist Church offers free eye
exams and hearing evaluations, and
free or low-cost eyeglasses and
hearing aids. Comprehensive eye
exams are offered on the 2nd and
4th Mondays of each month from 6
PM to 8 PM. This is a walk-in clinic,
first-come, first-served. You do not
need an appointment. Ear exams
are offered on the 4th Monday of
each month. Hours are 6 PM to 8
PM, first-come, first-served.
English
Spanish / English